It’s hard to believe that it’s already been over 9 years since Gmail was opened up in beta. When it was first launched, many thought it was an April Fool’s Day joke because it was launched April 1, 2004. Some joke, eh? The funny part is that it stayed in beta for over five years, so if that qualifies as a joke, then good on Google. Here’s an infographic that shows the timeline. Are you on Gmail? …

Let’s start with the bottom line first. Both sides of the argument have valid points. With that said, let’s get to the facts on the matter… The full story can be found on Buzzfeed, but here’s the short version: A woman heard an inappropriate joke told behind her at a conference. She tweeted the incident including a picture of the perpetrators. Conference officials pulled her our, identified the perpetrators, then removed them. One of the perpetrators was fired from their job after the incident started going viral. The woman reporting the incident was fired from her job because of the backlash…

It’s said that most jokes made by politicians have a touch of reality hidden beneath. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedec told a whopper of a joke on air the other day and the details have some questioning whether the references weren’t at least partially factual. At first, he gives a detailed explanation of how Russian Presidents exchange the top secret documents at the changing of the guard. One folder included is devoted to “the strangers who visited our planet.” It is enthralling and to those who believe in aliens living among us, it might seem completely plausible. Then, he delivers the…